Safety watch-pocket



J. TERNQUIST AND E. TRAGARDH.

SAFETY WATCH POCKET.

APPLICATION man AUG-23. 1918.

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J. TERNQUIST AND E. TBAGARDH.

SAFETY WATCH POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23. I918.

Patented'July 1, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFnIo JOHN TERNQUIST AND EMIL TRAGARDH, orMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SAFETY wnrorr-rooxn'r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1,1919.

Application filed August 23. 1918. Serial No. 251.121.

the bib of overalls, and designed to carry a watch that will not dropout of the pocket should the wearer of the overalls stoop over or assumeany position which would cause a watch to fall out of an ordinaryoveralls pocket. t The invention consists generally in} a pocket of thischaracter having an upwardly extending loop through which a watcherother article may be inserted, and with a recess into which the loop, ora portion thereof, may be folded. f The invention consists further inthe constructions and combinations hereinafter de scribed and claims. ip In the accompanying drawings forming particularly pointed out in thepart of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of an overalls bib, showing ourinvention applied thereto, the parts being in position forthe insertionof a watch, one positionof the watch while being inserted beingindicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the loop folded into its receiving recess,the position of thewatch in the pocket beingindicated by dotted linesand a portion of the watch chain loeing indicated as in the, loopreceiving recess. a

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the partshown in Fig. 2, the bib being shownbroken away so as to show the loop of the pocket folded into thereceiving recess, and showing also the loop of the chainexten'ding intosaid recess.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fabric from which the pocket is formedbefore the same is folded for application to the bib.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section on line 55 of Fig. 1 showing thecomplete pocket with the loop inits uppermost or on folded position.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section on llne 66 of Fig. 1, the viewbeing similar to Fig. 5, but indicating a watch partially lnserted intothe loop of the pocket.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical section substantially on line 7-7 of Fig.2, showing the watch in full lines in position in the pocket, the loopfolded into the recessfor the purpose of securing the watch from fallingout of the pocket, and the loop ofthe chain bein shown in full linesdropping down into the recess that receives the folded portion of theloop.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a sheet of material for making a modified formof the pocket.

Fig. 9 is an elevation of a from the sheet shown in Fig. 8. a l Thepocket here shown is of the type known as apatch pocket, 6., one sewedonto the outer surface of the garment to which it is applied. It will beunderstood,

however, that we donot limit ourselves to the use of the invention inconnection with this type of pocket, as the invention may be used toadvantage with pockets of other kinds. p i

In forming the pocket we prefer to take a sheet of fabric 2,3 of theproper size, cutting the same substantially into the form shown in Fig.4. This fabric is then folded on the line 4,4, and is preferablystitched to the outer surface of the garment, as indi cated in Fig. 1. iWe preferto employ two lines of stitchings5, 5, down thelower portion ofone edge of the pocket across the bottom and up the other edge of thepocket all as indicated in Fig. lof the drawings. By separating thelines of stitching near one edge, as indi cated at 6, (Sin Fig. l, asmall pocket of ordinary character may be formed adapted to carry alead-penci1ora carpenters rule, if made of sufficient width. f p

In making the pocket we preferably form the inclined shoulder 7 in thesheet of fabs ric as indicated in Fig. 4 and we run the stitches inwardas shownfat the upper end of oneof the rows of stitches, Gin Fig. 1.

Therows of stitching 15,5 extend preferably upward a little more thanhalfpf the pocket made height of the folded fabric, asindicatedgin Fig.and if preferred a shoulder may be I extending row of stitches at suchpoint. A

diagonal row of stitches 9 may be placed near the upper part of thepocket and this will also form a slight shoulder in thepocket at thispoint.

It will be seen that-apocket is formed having an upwardly extending loopwhich is closed at its top and open at one edge, permitting a watch orother article to be inserted through the edge, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 1. After the watch is inserted it is permitted to dropdownward and it will thenoccupy the position indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 2 and shown by 'full lines in Fig. 7.

The upwardly extending loop 1s then folded, substantially on thediagonal line 10, Fig. 1, into the recess between the back wall of thepocket and the front wall of the b1 b to which the pocket is secured.This posltion of the loop is clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 7 By thismeans the wateh'will be safely locked in the pocket and cannot bedropped out even though the bib be turned downward so that the pocket isactually upside down. The position of the parts locking the watch in thepocket is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 7.

- A buttonhole 11 is preferably provided in the top of the bib toreceive the bar of the watch chain, and the loop or slack of the chainmay now be dropped downward into the recess back of the pocket.

Instead of forming-the pocket of a sheet of material fashioned as shownin Fig. 4, we may form it of a sheet 2, 3 having the L shape indicatedin Fig. 8. The line of fold 4c, 4; will then have the diagonal positionillustrated in Fig. 8, and the sheet, when folded to form the pocket,will be turned on a diagonal line and the completed pocket will have theappearance shown in Fig. 9. This will provide a triangular loop at thetop of the pocket, as illustrated in Fig. 9, the triangular portion ofwhich may be folded down into the recess in the rear of the pocket, thefold being made on the line 12, 12 of Fig. 9, and the operation oflocking the watch into the pocket being the same as already described.We do not consider this form of pocket quite as desirable as it requiresmore material to form the completed pocket. 1

When it is desired to remove the watch from the pocket, constructed ineither of the ways described, it is only necessary to pull on the chainand the watch will be raised along the edge of the pocket and the foldswill thereby be turned upward until the opening in the edge of the foldis exposed and the watch can be drawn out.

While we have described this pocket as a safety watch pOCket it will beunderstood that we do not limit ourselves to any particular use to whichthe pocket may be put. It may be found desirable for carrying otherarticles besides a watch.

' It will be understood that the recess back of the loop forms in fact aseparate pocket, which may be used for any purpose that will notinterfere with folding the loop downward into said recess.

We have shown the pocket applied to the bib of a pair of overalls, butdo not limit ourselyes to such application, as the invention may be usedin connection with any garment where it is desired to provide a safetypocket of the character herein disclosed.

We do not limit ourselves to the shape of the upward portion of theloop, and while we prefer to employ one of the shapes disclosed in thedrawing, other desirable shapes or forms of loops may be used withoutdeparting from our invention.

We claim as our invention:

1. A safety pocket provided with an npwardly extending loop having anopen edge, and a recess into which said loop may be folded,substantially as described.

2. A safety pocket having an upwardly extending loop with an opening atone edge thereof and a recess arranged in the rear of said pocket intowhich said loop may be folded, substantially as described.

3. A safety pocket comprising a flexible sheet and means securing thesame at its edges upon a garment with a loop extending above said pocketwith an opening in one edge thereof, and a recess in the rear of saidpocket into which said loop may be folded.

4. A safety pocket comprising a doubled sheet of material with the foldforming a loop at the top thereof, and means securing the edges of saidfolded sheet to the surface of the garment with a portion of said loopfree and arranged to fold into a recess behind said pocket.

5. In combination, with a garment, a pocket having inner and outer wallssecured to the garment, an opening being provided near one edge of suchwalls forming the mouth of the pocket to allow the insertion of anarticle between said walls, that portion of said walls containing theopening being free for insertion between the inner wall of the pocketand said garment to close the pocket.

6. In combination, with a garment, a pocket composed of two walls havingan opening forming the mouth of the pocket for the insertion of anarticle into the pocket between said walls, that portion of the pocketcontaining said opening being unattached and free to fold inwardlybetween the pocket and the garment to close said opening.

. In combination, with a. garment, a

pocket secured thereto comprising a piece of fabric folded upon itselfto form a double thickness, one edge of the fold being left open to forma mouth for the pocket and allow the insertion of an article between thewalls of the fold, that portion of the fold containing said open edgebeing loose and unattached for folding and inserting it between thepooket and the garment to close the mouth of the pocket.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 9th day ofAugust 1918.

JOHN TERNQUIST.

EMIL TRAGARDI-l.

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